Vivace (2010)
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Pierre Arditi, Armelle Deutsch, Thomas Jouannet, Didier Bezace, Claire Nebout
A rare Brazilian plant that grows by the hour turns a young couple’s new rural life into a nightmare.
The story
Tired of life in Paris, young couple Alex and Pauline Charpentier move to the countryside near Angoulême. Alex is an anthropologist, while Pauline teaches philosophy and is passionate about botany. Soon after settling in, they meet their neighbors: Henri, a painter, and Mathilde, his wife and model, as well as Gilles Vasseur, a retired forestry engineer. Gilles offers Pauline some botanical advice and gives her a mysterious, exceptionally rare Brazilian plant that grows by the hour. The couple’s peaceful new life gradually begins to take a troubling turn.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Tired of life in Paris, Alex and Pauline Charpentier, a young couple, move to the countryside near Angoulême. He is an anthropologist, and she is a philosophy teacher. Shortly after their arrival, they meet their neighbors: Henri, a painter, and his wife and model, Mathilde, followed by Gilles Vasseur, a retired forestry engineer. Gilles then gives Pauline, who is passionate about botany, a few tips. One day, he gives her a mysterious, incredibly rare Brazilian plant that grows by the hour. Alex and Pauline’s peaceful life then gradually begins to turn into a nightmare.
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